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  "name": "Happy Mondays",
  "description": "Happy Mondays appears once in our Madchester list, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/happy-mondays/",
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      "title": "Wrote for Luck",
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      "label": "Factory",
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      "whyItMatters": "The album version is a shambling indie record; the remixes are a house record. Both are the same performance, which is exactly the point the whole scene was making.",
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Happy%20Mondays%20Wrote%20for%20Luck",
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